Mother's Day

"Don't aim to be an earthly saint, with eyes fixed on a star, Just try to be the fellow that your Mother thinks you are."-- Will S. Adkin

"Honour thy father and thy mother" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness."-- Aeschylus

"On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged."-- Aeschylus

"Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well."-- Amos Bronson Alcott

"I have made a plan for my life, as I am in my teens, and no more a child. I am old for my age and don't care much for girls' things. People think I'm wild and queer; but mother understands and helps me. I have not told anyone about my plans but I am going to be good. . . . Now I'm going to work really, for I feel a desire to improve and be a help and comfort, not a care and sorrow to my dear mother."-- Louisa May Alcott

"What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?"-- Louisa May Alcott

"Her grandmother, as she gets older, is not fading but rather becoming more concentrated."-- Paulette Bates Alden

"Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease."-- Lisa Alther

"All mothers are physically handicapped. They have only two hands."-- Anonymous

"It's easy to pick children whose mothers are good housekeepers; they are usually found in other yards."-- Anonymous

"My mother gave me a bumblebee pin when I started work. She said: "Aerodynamically, bees shouldn't be able to fly. But they do. Remember that.""-- Jill E. Barad